Texas Health Enterprises, Inc. v. Geisler

OPINION

LEE ANN DAUPHINOT, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this appeal, we are primarily asked to decide whether the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act 1 caps the amount of punitive damages a claimant may collect. We hold that it does not. In response to the remaining issues raised in this court:

► we decline to hold the constitutional provision that provides for punitive damages in wrongful death actions renders a statute, which limits punitive damages in survival actions, unconstitutional;

►- we hold the evidence to be legally and factually sufficient to uphold the jury’s finding that…